The breaking and making of healthy adult human skeletal muscle in vivo

Abstract Background While muscle regeneration has been extensively studied in animal and cell culture models, in vivo myogenesis in adult human skeletal muscle has not been investigated in detail. Methods Using forced lengthening contractions induced by electrical stimulation, we induced myofibre in...

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Main Authors: Abigail L. Mackey, Michael Kjaer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Skeletal Muscle
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13395-017-0142-x